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French and Indian War
The fourth war between Great Britain and France for control of North America. The French were allied with the Native Americans. Great Britain was the victor in this conflict. -
Stamp Act
This act placed taxes on documents and printed items. It was the first act to affect the colonists directly. -
Townshend Acts
Named after Charles Townshend, the leading government minister. The Townshend Acts taxed goods imported into the colony from Britain as well as tea. -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers fired shots at colonists who were taunting them. The colonists were unarmed and five of them were killed. -
Tea Act
Devised to save British East India Company from going bankrupt. Allowed them to sell tea to colonies free of taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Boston rebels disguised as Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston harbor. They did this to try and repeal the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
King George III was mad about the Boston tea party. He pressed parliament to act and they did. They passed a series of measures that the colonists called the intolerable acts. -
1st Continental Congress
A group of 56 delegates that met in response to the intolerable acts. They petitioned King George III to repeal the acts. They said that if Britain was to use force, the colonies would fight back. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war and it lasted only 15 minutes. Colonists were now enemies of Britain. The colonists held Boston and did not give in to the British soldiers. -
2nd Continental Congress
Colonial leaders called for a meeting to debate their next move. Some wanted independence, while others wanted to work with Britain. They recognized the colonial militia as the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as the commander. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine. Helped overcome the doubts that colonists were having about separating from Britain.
